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If it's so open, why is it such a major problem to put gnu back ?
If I'm so wrong
Why is is such a major production to put the gnu stuff back, be it on android or Linux What gives ? Why can't anyone compile Linux or android to put it on the device ? Why is the source not available ? Or the drivers ? If the source was available, there would not be a problem in buying a decide and putting the OS on it So why is it such a major issue ?' How can it be corrected ? Intel does not support Linux on mobile, only closed versions, tizen etc |
I didn't read all the posts here, just saw everybody's fighting... :(
Just want to post this, it was a good *effort*....: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects...m-for-the-ipad |
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If it were so easy, the brilliant minds of the Linux world would have done it already. If you think it's so easy why haven't you tried? Much of Linux is community driven. By volunteers. Like this site. To make demands or statements such as "what gives" are inappropriate. |
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Open source is not for those that demand, but for those that do. |
How can it be open source if it's closed by hardware developers ?
I saw that qmole
People want to fight instead of presenting informative information Apple is open source too, by the definition of android, you have the Darwin kernel, yet you can't put the OSX on non Apple devices or compile it Apple is bsd, Linux is gpl, so why can manufacturers do the same as Apple ? |
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The GPL on Linux prevents the kernel from being taken private. Any changes to the kernel must also be provided in source. Not true for the BSD license. Unfortunately, drivers are not exactly considered part of the Linux kernel, specially when they can be loaded after the kernel boots. Next, the GPL is limited to version 2. GPL v 3 would require including the users right to replace the kernel (as in any certificates that lock the kernel to the device must also be provided), which GPL v2 does not. |
On the PC you don't have manufacturers closing Linux
So why do we allow this on phones tablets but not on PC''s
I'm interested in getting at the problem of this and finding solutions The point is not to argue but to find the truth and a solution An open system that can't be installed on any mobile device is not an open system It puts people off if people are just arguing and contradicting each other and not really interested in conveying useful information Some useful information has been conveyed, some I knew, most I knew, the question is why and what to do about it |
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- Developing drivers for currently unsupported hardware - Trying to convince hardware manufacturers to provide open drivers for their hardware. You can do this in different ways, be it for example starting a petition or simple with voting with your wallets. Of course sometimes it is more complicated, Imagination Technologies (those with the PowerVR graphics cores), for example, do want to develop open source drivers, but as it seems can't find developers that want to work on that. Quote:
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